>Pixel Launcher just broke 500,000 downloads in the Play Store

>Nearly impossible to fucking buy
>Surprised at the low adoption

>>58551765
It's in high demand everywhere, what?

I've always said that I don't think Google actually intended to sell the pixel. It's just sort of a product they made that has a few benefits. It enables Google to understand the hardware inside and out and have a solid generic Android device to build it on. And if they can sell a few to the public to help recoup R&D costs then that's good too.

I just don't think Google actually intends to sell their own device they just want a phone to use internally. And at one point a phone for developers to make building apps for Android easier.

>>58551876

So is it artificial scarcity, or was Google just not able to anticipate how much they would need to produce? 500,000 over three months doesn't seem like that much. Two million a year at this rate. Apple sells 13 million iPhones the first weekend the new ones go on sale. Samsung can do a few million too.

>>58552587
They didn't expect such a high demand for pixel XL

>>58552587
the oneplus one sold 1 million units in 6 months for being a "flagship killer" budget phone..


if they reach over 1 million with such a fresh brand and super premium pricetag like this, it is quite respectable.

>>58551867
Yeah in the states no one buys unlocked phones, we're cucked by the phone companies. I don't even know if the phone companies will let you use their network with an unlocked phone.

The only choices is Google Fi or Verizon (who have exclusiveness to the cell companies). That narrows it down for a lot of people in the states.

How is Google Fi anyway? I've never seen /g/ talk about it.

>>58551931
That seemed true for Nexus, but the Pixel had a proper advertising campaign here in the UK, they wanted to sell units.

>>58553020
Of course they let you bring your own phone, they just don't like it.

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>>58551931
>Google releases Nexus 6 with a TV ad campaign and all
>flops hard
>"t-they didn't really intend to sell it!"
>Google releases 5x and 6P with TV ads and all
>flops hard
>"t-they didn't really intend to sell it!"
>Google releases Pixel with the biggest TV ad blitz in the company's history
>flops even harder
>"t-they didn't really intend to sell it!"
I can't fathom why they would task Pajeets with damage control

It's like getting an iPhone with the bezels and all without any of the clean hardware - software integration.

Google has to accept that Android is a second rate OS for most average consumers. Sure there are niches and power users that will prefer Android but an average consumer will likely always prefer the iPhone if they're priced basically the same.

>>58551931
the only thing which somewhat survived were budget chromebooks, what were the odds?

>>58553020
I have Project Fi, it's alright. Better then dealing with most carriers.
If you live in an area with good coverage from t-mobile, sprint, or US Cellular coverage, it's wonderful.
Expensive if you use a lot of data, but I am always under two gigs a month so my cost is under $40.

>>58553127
TV ad blitz is not how you sell lots of phones. You gotta shill people into the gimmicks throughout their daily lives until they get stuck with the phone and shill it to themselves everyday because of advertising habit. Google is dumb. The best way they have control over everyone is through the play store bundle services. Im glad they are dumb.

Nationalized Korean companies take over US mobile market and that is why Google is dumb. Google is only good at their search engine and even that is failing hard with gimmicks just like g plus.

What I want to know is what the fuck is up with the forced comma? Every time I heard a commercial it sounds like the voice over person is mentally retarded.

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>ad company fails at advertising
really gets your noggin joggin'

>>58553383
Well that's not so bad. Sounds like good coverage then. I've heard of people having some weird hang ups and connection issues though. I'm guessing they got all that shit cleared up?

>>58553093
I would never be surprised about them pulling some bullshit like our "system doesn't support that"

>>58554261
I haven't noticed any weird hangups but for connection issues I don't even think about it because of FiSwitch.

If you were to switch to Fi I would recommend just paying for that app as soon as you can. Fixes any issues you would notice on one network and if you are rooted it's pretty quick.

Right now I am having issues where TMobile will send some of my texts and calls into the ether but sprint handles it fine. Google pretty much gave me $100 is free credit for an issue like that :P

>>58554305
So anytime you're in t-mobile towers it fucks up and you have no idea? That sounds like a massive pain in the ass without that app.

>>58553020
T-Mobile, sprint, and att all allow unlocked pixels on thier networks.

>>58554490
It happens occasionally, support told me it's T-Mobiles towers in the area and they need to fix it so oh well.

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>>58554508
Well still thanks for the heads up on that app and all that info anon. I appreciate it.

>>58555068
You're welcome.

Besides, if you end up not liking the service, you end up only paying for like $30 MAX?